Rice pudding is an old fashion recipe that has been in my family for many years and tested many, many times. This creamy and delicious rice pudding with cooked rice is best served warm topped with a little bit of cold milk!
My dad and brother, Joel, request this homemade pudding at least once a month. And how can you tell your dad no!! This baked rice pudding recipe will take you back in time as the cinnamon and nutmeg smells drifts from the oven!
As fall is creeping in the air this baked, custard-style pudding is a perfect treat. Another one of my favorite custard pudding recipes is this panetoone bread pudding.
If you like this pudding recipe then you might like this vanilla creme brûlée and pumpkin creme brûlée.
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Baked Rice Pudding Recipe
Twenty-five years ago when I asked my mom, Barbara Mackey, for her pudding recipe she said that she didn’t have a recipe. In this situation she just has the ingredients and would throw them all together to make her homemade pudding.
But, that does not work for me! I have spent the last twenty years perfecting my own easy recipe.
In fact, my dad, brother Joel, daughter Calli and nephew Alex have enjoyed my many attempts of getting this recipe to perfection. My dad has even given me fresh local Amish cow’s milk to experiment with.
As a matter of fact, I get this question all the time!! When I belonged to a MOPS (mothers of pre-schoolers) group, I would take this old fashion dish to our meeting.
Every time I would get, “This is so good!”, “My grandma would make this for me!”, “OMG, can I have the recipe!?!?”
How To Make Rice Pudding?
Now, time to gather all of your ingredients to make your recipe.
Rice Pudding with Cooked Rice
I will make extra rice when making other dishes just so I can make this recipe! Just make sure that you cook the long grain white rice because this recipe is made with cooked rice.
Afterward, crack the eggs into a large bowl. Whisk the eggs until combined.
After that, add the milk to the bowl and whisk the eggs and milk together. Immediately following, combine the sugar with the egg/milk mixture and stir to help dissolve the sugar.
And then, add in the vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk to combine. However, I like to make a cinnamon raisin pudding!
Lastly, add the raisins (if you like them) and cooked rice to the egg mixture, stirring to combine all ingredients.
After that, pour into a large pyrex baking bowl and stir to evenly distribute ingredients. You can also use 8oz ramekins.
Following that, place the baking dish or individual ramekins into a large baking pan and add about 1-2 inches of water to the pan. Gently place the prepared pan in the oven on the lowest rack.
Bake the Homemade Pudding
First, bake this rice pudding recipe for one hour. I like to stir the ingredients after it has baked for an hour because the custard is starting to form a layer at the top. So that way the custard chunks are marbled throughout the dish.
If you like the custard, then just leave alone and continue baking. Bake another 45 minutes and test with a butter knife for doneness.
Insert knife into the center and when you pull it out, if the knife is clear, then it is done. Furthermore, if the knife has creamy remnants left on it the pudding needs to be baked longer.
Most importantly, I have had to bake this recipe in the oven for up the 3 hours until it is done. In other words, pudding can’t be rushed and needs lots of time to bake.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In fact, I have make this recipe in a pyrex large baking bowl, a pyrex rectangle cake pan size, two smaller bowls, and even different sized ramekins. Without a doubt, you can split this recipe in half or double it to make a really large batch.
This pudding recipe is a baked custard with cooked rice and raisins added to it.
My family has always used cooked long grain white recipe when making this rice pudding cooked rice recipe. If you don’t have cooked rice then you can make 1 2/3 cup of white long grain rice and that will make 5 cups of cooked rice.
This pudding recipe is made with cooked rice, milk, sugar, eggs, raisins, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is an old fashion recipe that has been in my family for many years. This creamy and delicious dessert is best served warm topped with a little bit of cold milk! As fall is creeping in the air this baked, custard-style rice pudding is a perfect treat.
Ingredients
- Rice, White, Long Grain - Cooked 5 cups
- Milk, Whole 8 cups
- Sugar, Granulated 2 cups
- Eggs, Large 12 each
- Raisins 1 1/2 cups
- Vanilla 1 tablespoon
- Cinnamon, Ground 1 teaspoon
- Nutmeg, Ground 1/2 teaspoon
Instructions
- Just make sure that you cook the long grain rice because this recipe is made with cooked rice.
- Crack the eggs into a large bowl. Whisk the eggs until combined.
- Add the milk to the bowl and whisk the eggs and milk together.
- Combine the sugar with the egg/milk mixture and stir to help dissolve the sugar.
- Pour in the vanilla and add the cinnamon and nutmeg, whisk to combine.
- I like to make a cinnamon raisin rice pudding! Add the raisins and cooked rice to the egg mixture, stirring to combine all ingredients.
- Pour into a large baking bowl and stir to evenly distribute ingredients. Place rice pudding bowl into a large baking pan and add about 1-2 inches of water to the pan. Gently place pan in the oven on the lowest rack.
- Bake for one hour at 350 degrees.
- Custard or stirred custard? I like to stir my rice pudding at this point because the custard is starting to form a layer at the top. That way the custard chunks are marbled into the rice pudding. If you like the custard, then just leave the rice pudding alone and continue baking.
- Bake another 45 minutes and test with a butter knife for doneness. Insert knife into the center and when you pull it out if the knife is clear then it is done. If the knife has creamy remnants left on it the rice pudding needs to be baked longer. I have had to bake my rice pudding in the oven for up the 3 hours until it is done. Rice pudding can’t be rushed and needs lots of time to bake.
Notes
- You can add more or less cooked rice depending on how you like your baked rice pudding.
- Don't like raisins? You can leave them out of the recipe.
- Switch up the cinnamon and nutmeg if you want a different flavor to your rice pudding.
- Whole milk? I have used heavy cream/milk mixture, lactose free milk, 2%, 1% and fat free milk. All will work but gives you a different flavor to your rice pudding. We like that old fashion rice pudding flavor so I have found the all whole milk works best.
- Don't have cooked rice? Making 1 2/3 cups of uncooked rice will give you 5 cups of cooked rice.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
12Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 447Total Fat 10gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 202mgSodium 144mgCarbohydrates 76gFiber 1gSugar 53gProtein 14g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.
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Can you use Splenda instead of sugar. Will it turn out the same? Thank you.
I have never used Splenda for baking. I wish I could give you an answer but this is a product that I have not used.
Looks DELICIOUS! Rice pudding has always been a favorite so I’m saving and trying this recipe 😃 Thanks, friend!
This rice pudding is super delicious! Let me know how it turns out.